Shantenu Jha

Shantenu Jha is a Professor of Computer Engineering at Rutgers University and Chair of the Department (Center) for Data Driven Discovery at Brookhaven National Laboratory. He leads the RADICAL Lab and the RADICAL-Cybertools project, focusing on middleware for large-scale scientific applications. His research bridges high-performance computing, data-driven science, and health informatics, collaborating with diverse fields like molecular sciences and high-energy physics.

Education: Ph.D., Syracuse University (2004); M.Sc., IIT Delhi (1995).

Research Interests:

• High-Performance and Distributed Computing
• Data-Intensive Science & Engineering
• Cyberinfrastructure for Science
• Health Computing (Personalized Medicine)

Awards:

• NSF CAREER Award (2013)
• Chancellor’s Excellence in Research (2016)
• Rutgers Board of Trustees Fellowship (2014)
• Multiple best paper awards at SC/ISC conferences

Grants & Funding: Supported by NSF, U.S. DOE, NIH, and UK EPSRC. Current projects include ExaWorks and quantum-HPC middleware development.

Labs/Teams: PI of the RADICAL Lab, leading initiatives in FAIR principles, quantum computing integration, and autonomous laboratories.